Treatment That Works for Teens and their Families.

MDFT is an effective family-centered treatment for youth. Over three decades of National Institutes of Health funded research – randomized clinical trials, therapy process studies, economic analyses, and community–based implementation studies – testifies to the strong scientific basis for the approach.

Fits into Real World Settings.

Today, through community, government, and foundation partnerships, MDFT is offered in public and private mental health, substance abuse, child welfare, and juvenile justice clinical settings in the United States and Europe.

New RCT Results
In new results from a randomized clinical trial (RCT), MDFT outperformed residential treatment in decreasing substance use and delinquent behaviors, as well as improving mental health symptons, in youth.

"We have seen a turnaround in these families that is
near miraculous."
Judge Jeri Cohen, 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade
County